Posts Tagged ‘John-Medina’
Childrens’ Self Control and Creativity: Two Seeds of Intelligence
Most parents want the best for their children and hope they will be healthy, happy and smart individuals. And most parents wonder what they should do to make sure this happens. In Brain Rules for Baby, John Medina (author of Brain Rules), provides a good summary of cognitive science findings that shed light on how…
Read MoreTop 10 Cognitive Health and Brain Fitness Books
Here you have The 10 Most Popular Brain Fitness & Cognitive Health Books, based on book purchases by SharpBrains’ readers during 2008. Enjoy! 1. Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Pear Press, March 2008) — Dr. John Medina, Director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific…
Read More5 Tips on Lifelong Learning and Neuroplasticity for the Adult Brain
. Learning & the Brain is a conference that gets marked on my calendar annually because I always return home having either been exposed to new information, or with a new perspective on an old topic. Last month’s conference in Cambridge, MA, themed Using Emotions Research to Enhance Learning & Achievement, was no exception. As…
Read MoreUpdate: The Future of Brain Assessments
Here you are have the twice-a-month newsletter with our most popular blog posts. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, simply by submitting your email at the top of this page. News and Analysis Computerized Cognitive Assessments: opportunities and concerns: health companies and the military are starting to use new tools…
Read MoreBrain Science: “Brain Rules” Podcast
We are fans of the Brain Science Podcast series hosted by Ginger Campbell, so are pleased to announce that Dr. Campbell will start offering to SharpBrains readers, periodically, the highlights of her most interesting podcasts. Below, her first post. Enjoy! — Alvaro ———– In a recent interview on the Brain Science Podcast, Dr. John Medina, author…
Read MoreBrain Training/ Fitness Seminars
Several hundred people participated in our first Brain Fitness Webinar Series, and are glad how the experiment well. We are already thinking of topics and speakers for a second one, so stay tuned! In case you couldn’t attend them, we are sharing the slides we used (we did not record the webinar sessions). Here you go: 1)…
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